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25.01.2022 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... NATIONAL ABORIGINAL COLLEGE IN THE NEWS

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19.01.2022 The Day of Mourning was a protest held by Aboriginal people on 26 January 1938, the sesquicentenary of British colonisation of Australia. It was declared to be a protest of 150 years of callous treatment and the seizure of land, and purposefully coincides with the Australia Day celebrations. The protest became a tradition, and annual Days of Mourning have been held to this day. "A large blackboard displayed outside the hall proclaims, "Day of Mourning". Leaflets warned that, ..."Aborigines and persons of Aboriginal blood only are invited to attend." At 5 o'clock in the afternoon resolution of indignation, protest, was moved, passed. (sic.) Source: Man Magazine, March 1938, p. 85 Left to right: William Ferguson, Jack Kinchela, Isaac Ingram, Doris Williams, Esther Ingram, Arthur Williams, Phillip Ingram, Louisa Agnes Ingram OAM holding daughter Olive Ingram, Jack Patten. The name of the dark haired person in the background to the right is not known at this stage."

19.01.2022 ASHE's Diploma Nursing Students 2016 with Manager, Leonie Dwyer

18.01.2022 This doctor is a woman of Influence Dr Robyn Shields AM has been named among The Australian Financial Review and Westpac's 2015 100 Women of influence (www.100womenofinfluence.com.au). The annual awards aim to increase the visibility of female leadership and... highlight womens contribution across 10 categories. Dr Shields was one of 10 women named in the public policy category for her clinical service to, and advocacy on behalf of, mentally ill and disadvantaged groups, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and forensic psychiatric patients. The winner of the public policy category was Pat Anderson AO, Founding Chair of the Lowitja Institute. Dr Shields worked for many years as a mental health nurse and is now undertaking specialist training as a psychiatrist. When she graduates, she will join the ranks of only two other Indigenous psychiatrists in Australia and will be the second Indigenous woman (after Professor Helen Milroy) to join the profession. There are presently no Indigenous psychiatrists in NSW where Dr Shields works. Dr Shields has concentrated on raising the status of mental illness in the public consciousness, and developing new models of care for mentally ill people in the most disadvantaged groups, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and forensic patients. She is acutely aware of the need for Aboriginal communities to design and control their own services, "because of distrust and mistrust from a long history with government departments and particularly in mental health," she says. 'There's no easy fix, but it's essential it never gets put off the agenda." While completing her full time psychiatry registrar training, Dr Shields remains a public servant in roles where her advocacy ensures the issues faced by disadvantaged people can be better understood. She has a part-time leadership role as Deputy Commissioner at the NSW Mental Health Commission. Dr Shields also holds current positions on numerous boards and agencies including the Sydney Children's Hospital Network and Mental Health Review Tribunal. She has been awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal and an Order of Australia in recognition of her work in developing mental health services for Aboriginal people. Founding member Dr Shields is a founding member of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in Mental Health-NATSILMH http://natsilmh.org.au/ NATSILMH is a core group of senior Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in the areas of social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and suicide prevention. Prof Pat Dudgeon. Chair of NATSILMH, commented on Dr Shield's achievement. 'We are very proud of Robyn and we are glad that she as been recognised as a woman of influence," Prof Dudgeon said. "She is indeed one of our celebrated indigenous women and a great role model for our people, particularly our young people."

12.01.2022 Woman reducing Indigenous suicide rates through 'care factor'; new program launched to tackle issue By Jayne Margetts Updated 20 Aug 2015, 6:07pm PHOTO: Gayili Yunupingu told the launch of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LifeForce Suicide Prevention Program, her community said "enough is enough". (ABC News) MAP: Australia...Continue reading

11.01.2022 Young Indigenous filmmakers tackle crime and its consequences AM By Lindy Kerin Posted 15 Dec 2015, 8:00am...Continue reading

10.01.2022 National Aboriginal College director Norma Ingram, featured in SMH

09.01.2022 "Congratulations Alistair Ferguson!! Winner of the NSW Law & Justice Foundation Aboriginal Justice Award for his work on the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project in Bourke!" Photo: Just Reinvest NSW / FacebookBOURKE'S Alistair Ferguson has been recognised for his work of more than 20 years with the Indigenous community of western NSW. Mr Ferguson was presented with the Aboriginal Justice Award at the 2015 Justice Awards ceremony in Sydney this week. The awards were establis...hed by not-for-profit organisation Law and Justice Foundation and celebrate work done by individuals and organisations to improve access to justice for the people of NSW. Mr Ferguson's nomination recognised his contributions as chair of the Bourke Aboriginal Community Working Party and his leadership of the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project in Bourke, which sought to bring about change that would reduce Aboriginal youth offending and incarceration rates. The Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project was established in 2014 and aimed to build partnerships between sectors to address Aboriginal disadvantage. Mr Ferguson was recognised as the driving force behind collaborations between government and non-government organisations including Father Chris O'Reilly's Youth Off The Streets, Eternity Aid, Bourke Aboriginal Health Service, St Vincent de Paul, Jesuit Social Services and the National Adult Literacy Campaign 'Yes I Can' Bourke. He also started the Wangkamurra language program, which paved the way for the first Aboriginal language program in the NSW high school curriculum. Meanwhile Phil Naden, a Wiradjuri man with links to the Dubbo region, was named a finalist in the category. His more than 20 years of work in the Aboriginal community included a 10-year tenure with the Aboriginal Legal Service. He had worked as a police liaison officer in Mount Isa, worked with homeless youth during his time at Barnados and was chair of the Dubbo Aboriginal Community Justice Group and CEO of the Bourke Aboriginal Health Service. Mr Naden was also recently appointed chair of the State Aboriginal Advisory Council with Corrective Services NSW. See more

09.01.2022 Riverbank Frank kneels beside the grave of the late William Ferguson. Today the US remembers Martin Luther King, a Baptist minister and central figure in the civil rights movement of the United States, whose 'I Have a Dream' speech is written in history as a most impassioned and eloquent articulation of how humanity transcends race. Martin Luther King's life and cause are celebrated throughout the world, especially in Australia, where civil rights campaigners have fought a pa...rallel struggle for the rights of black Australians. Riverbank Frank, an elder from Dubbo in northwest NSW, believes that Australia has its own Martin Luther King: William Ferguson, a Dubbo man who devoted his life to securing civil rights for Aboriginal Australians. Ferguson was born to a Scottish father and Aboriginal mother. In his early teens, he began work as a shearer and saw his colleagues were being paid more money than he. "He asked his father why, and his father told him it was because he was Aboriginal," said Riverbank. "That's when he made the decision: 'mum's black, I'm black', and he gave his life to the Aboriginal struggle." 'That's when he made the decision: 'mum's black, I'm black', and he gave his life to the Aboriginal struggle.' In 1937, Mr Ferguson launched Dubbo's 'Aborigines' Progressive Association' to set his vision in motion.The association worked to push for Indigenous Australian citizenship rights, Aboriginal representation in parliament and end the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board. When his efforts to propel reform were met with government resistance, he orchestrated a nonviolent protest known as the Day of Mourning on January 26. Historian and Dubbo local Paul Roe told NITV that while Ferguson was doing the same job as Martin Luther King was very articulate, his manner was quieter. "It was really burning in his heart to make a difference," Mr Roe said. "But much of the story of Aboriginal people is much more low key." He added that it was a big claim to parallel him with Luther King but their values were aligned. See more

08.01.2022 Norma Imgram and Kalmain Williams. Norma did an Aboriginal Welcome to Country for Centrelink Aboriginal Staff at Redfern Community Centre October 3015

06.01.2022 William Ferguson, father of Indigenous Australia’s struggle for recognition, is remembered By HEATHER CROSBY July 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m. ...Continue reading

03.01.2022 Wiradjuri elder Aunty Gail talks about the seasonal and cultural importance of possum skin cloaks. Our younger Aboriginal people are losing there identity and cultural ways, we need to sit and listen to our elders pass there knowledge on.

03.01.2022 William Ferguson, father of Indigenous Australias struggle for recognition, is remembered By HEATHER CROSBY July 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m. ...Continue reading

02.01.2022 PHOTO: The Wiradjuri calendar explains the uses of possum skin cloaks like this one presented to Bathurst Mayor, Gary Rush, by elder Dinawan Dyirribang [Bill Allen] during the citys Bicentenary. (ABC Central West: Melanie Pearce) RELATED STORY: 1920s photos reveal insight into Indigenous Australia's past RELATED STORY: Mutawintji tourism push continues MAP: Orange 2800 For tens of thousands of years, Australia's Indigenous people have lived by the seasons: hunting, gatheri...Continue reading